Levison Wood
Explorer Levison Wood sets out on a nine-month walk along the length of the River Nile, visiting rainforests, deserts, cities and war zones, and encountering modern Africa, its people and its wildlife.
ExplorerLevisonWoodsetsouttowalkthelengthoftheworld’shighestmountainrange,fromAfghanistantoBhutan.
ExplorerLevisonWood-famousforWalkingtheNile,WalkingtheHimalayasandWalkingtheAmericas-istakingonanewexpeditioninthisfour-partseries:tocrossthemightyCaucususmountainrangethatliesbetweenRussiaandIran.Andaswellasanewregionoftheworld,Levisonistakinganewapproachtoexploring:makinghiswaybyanymeansnecessary.Travellingwiththelocalsandlivingastheydo,Levison’sepic,2,600-milejourneytakeshimthroughfivecountries,crossingthewildlandsonthetensefrontierbetweenEuropeandAsiaandvisitingsomeofthemostfascinatinganddiversepeople’sonearth.BeginninginSouthernRussia,LevisonwilltrackthemountainsthroughincreasinglydangerousterrainwhereIslamistfightershideoutinthehills,towardAzerbaijan,Georgia,ArmeniaandintoIran:acaptivatingnationthat’sbeenoffthetouristtrackfordecades.Knownasthe’landsinbetween’,Levisonwilltravelthroughthesecountriesthatsitatthecrossroads…WrittenbyN.A.